Waist foundation.



S. L. BRUNDIDGE.

WAIST FOUNDATION.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1911.

Patented m 14, 1912.

COLUMBIA PMNOURAPH cm, WASHINGTON. D. c.

SARAH L. BRUNDIDGE, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

WAIST FOUNDATION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1911.

Patented May 14, 1912. Serial No. 647,988.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SARAH L. BRUN- DIDGE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county ofChatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in -Waist Foundations, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to waist foundations and is primarily designed toconstruct a girdle or member to which the waistor lining portion of adress having the Princess effect, is attached. The construction of thepresent invention is such as to cause the dress to fit correctly, and toprevent the waist line thereof from shifting upwardly or side-wise.

While the invention is illustrated as applicable to dresses of the abovenoted type, I do not wish to be limited to such use only, as it will bereadily apparent that the foundation may be applied to ordinary waistsand dresses.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to behad to the following description and to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the present inventionapplied to a waist lining. Fig. 2 is a front elevation illustrating aportion of the lining with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 3 is afragmentary elevation illustrating the manner of attaching the presentinvention to the inside of the lining. Fig. 4 is a view of the devicealone.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figuresof the drawings, similar parts are referred to by like referencecharacters.

The present invention is applied to the waist A of a dress, or liningfor a dress, and comprises the belt 1 of non-elastic material, to whichbelt is secured the waist foundation proper, designated at 3. Thefoundation 3 consists preferably of two or more thicknesses of fabric,and viewed in plan, said foundation part is of somewhat diamond shape.The belt 1 is arranged transversely of the foundation 3 in such aposition that the upper and lower portions of the foundation tapertoward a central point above and below the belt, that portion of thefoundation or girdle below the belt and indicated at B, projecting agreater distance from the belt than the portion 0 which lower edges ofthe same.

extends above the latter. Eyelets 2 connect the members 1 and 3 of theinvention at intervals, and the foundation or girdle proper 3 isreinforced by stays or members 4: arranged at intervals verticallythereof and preferably inclosed between the layers or severalthicknesses of fabric from which the article is made. The foundation 3is so made that the entire body thereof is fiat, or with all portions inthe same plane, no fullness being allowed either at the upper or Theabove arrangement is advantageous in that, when the article is in use,the upper portion C of the foundation has a firm bearing against thefigure or person, assisting materially in preventing upward shifting ofthe foundation when secured at the front waist portion of the person,this being especially advantageous because the foundation or girdle 3 issecured to the waist A, as hereinafter described, and will thereforealso prevent any tendency of the latter to shift upwardly.

The invention is especially designed to be used in connection withstraight front corsets and when applied to a garment, the stays 4tmaintain the foundation 3 in flat extended position with the portions Band C in close engagement with the figure of the wearer of the garment.

The terminals of the belt or waistband which extend beyond the girdle 3are attached to the lining or waist only by the ribs or stays 5 stitchedthereon. The front of the waist or lining is secured to the girdle bystitching the former through the eyelets 2 as at 6. The lower edge ofthe girdle is cut to the proper length and then stitched to the lining.

I am well aware that a device having a downwardly extending sectiononly, to which the waist is secured, is old, but the same acts purely asa waist extender or lengthener and could not be used in a dress havingthe Princess effect with the advantages of the present invention. Theupper portion C serves the function of a corset in causing the waist tofit correctly above the belt.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination with the waist portion of a garment, of a waistfoundation consisting of a body, a belt attached to said body at thetransverse central portion of the latter so that the upper and lowerends of the body project some distance above and below the beltrespectively, said projecting portions tapering toward a vertical linecentrally through the body, stays arranged vertically of the foundationbody at intervals in its length, and connections between the belt lineportion of the foundation and the waist whereby the portion of thefoundation body above the belt is adapted to fit closely against theperson to resist upward 10 shifting of the foundation and the waistconnected thereto.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH L. BRUNDIDGE. Witnesses:

L. P. HUGGINS, JAMES M. ROGERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

